Items Tagged "gas prices"

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Commuters for a "slug line" on 14th Street NW near New York Avenue. This Washington innovation provides "slugs" with a ride home and enables drivers to qualify for HOV lanes.

Shellie Saffel of South Riding drives a GMC Yukon Denali for her five-minute commute back and forth to work and uses the truck for weekend errands and the occasional home improvement haul. Her husband, Guy Saffel, wants to trade the truck for a Honda Civic because he's "sick of paying for 12 miles-per-gallon."

Shellie Saffel walks the family dog, Riggo, outside the family's 6,000-square-foot home in South Riding. The suburban ideal of a big house, big lawn and big vehicle is under attack from rising gas prices.

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News Stories

Gas Prices Apply Brakes to Suburban Migration

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008

As more and more families reconsider their dreams, land-use experts are beginning to ask whether $4-a-gallon gas is enough to change the way Americans have thought for half a century about where they live. Read story and 7 comments »

More Kids Might Walk to School

County Suggests Cutting Bus Zones

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Loudoun County supervisors have raised the idea of requiring more students to walk to school, saying they want to bring up the topic with the School Board as part of an effort to hold down the county's rising fuel bills. Read story and 15 comments »

Va. Senate Approves 6 Cent Gas Tax Hike

Officials Question Fate of Road Bill

Thursday, June 26, 2008

RICHMOND, June 25 — The Virginia Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to raise the gas tax by 6 cents, but officials in both parties say the measure has almost no chance in the House of Delegates, leaving many legislators to wonder whether any plan to pay for transportation will be resolved in the current special session. Read story and 4 comments »

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